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AP & PRE-AP COURSES
QUALIFICATIONS
The Pre-Advanced Placement and Advanced Placement courses offered at the senior high school level seeks to provide students with opportunities for creative and critical thinking and problem solving.

Pre-AP and AP courses offer a more rigorous curriculum conducive to success on college entrance exams and acceptance into colleges/universities. The higher level thinking skills and activities found in Pre-AP and AP courses require a commitment of study, effort, and participation above a standard level course. These skills transfer into excellent preparation for advanced, college level study.

In order to encourage students to take Pre-AP and AP courses, extra points are awarded onto a student's grade point average for every AP and Pre-AP course taken. (See GPA)

For most students, qualifying for Pre-Advanced Placement or Advanced Placement courses is based on student interest, past performance, teacher recommendation, and parental approval. Enrollment in these courses especially should be based on interest as well as ability, since the curriculum requires more advanced and intensive work. Advanced Placement courses prepare a student for the Advanced Placement Examinations given by the College Board. A successful score, stipulated by the university, on an Advanced Placement Examination determines the student's college placement and/or credit for the courses taken in high school. Information for AP score acceptance may be found @ apcentral.collegeboard.com. Advanced Placement courses offered in the Friendswood ISD include:
AP English III
AP English IV
AP Spanish V		 AP French V
AP German V
AP Latin
AP Calculus AB
AP Statistics		 AP Calculus BC
AP United States Government
AP United States History		  
AP Biology
AP Physics		 AP Chemistry
AP Drawing Portfolio
AP 2-D Design Portfolio		 AP 3-D Design Portfolio
AP Computer Science A and AB AP Economics 
PROCEDURES FOR PRE-AP/AP COURSES
In an effort to place students in appropriate level classes, admission criteria has been established for Pre-AP and AP courses. If your child does not meet these requirements, as a parent you can request that admission requirements be waived for your child by completing the Parent Override Form for Admissions to Advanced Level Courses.
 
When you complete the Parent Override Form you must understand that a schedule change will not be made until the end of the first nine weeks. Schedule changes will only be made with the approval of the principal, counselor, teacher, and parent. The grade earned will appear on the report card and transcript.